AOC

See also: AOÇ

English

Etymology 1

Various initialisms.

Noun

AOC (plural AOCs)

  1. Initialism of Air Officer Commanding, a title used to refer to RAF officers holding certain command appointments.
    • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 128:
      'I stopped for one night to see Ur and the Chaldees and for three days in Baghdad with the A.O.C., who happens to be an old friend of mine.'.
  2. Initialism of age of consent.
  3. Initialism of author of color.

Proper noun

AOC

  1. Initialism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Etymology 2

From French AOC (“appellation d'origine contrôlée”, literally “controlled designation of origin”).

Noun

AOC (plural AOCs)

  1. A product branding name for wine from France which is strictly controlled.

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.o.se/

Noun

AOC f (plural AOC)

  1. Initialism of appellation d'origine contrôlée.
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